Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill.

Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt.

Rumors for the Day:

• Regarding AEW’s hiring of Jen Pepperman, Dave Meltzer posted that people in WWE believed Pepperman was heading to AEW “because she’s very close with Mercedes Moné.”
• Ashley Massaro’s daughter tweeted that Cara Pipia, who represented herself as Massaro’s “best friend” on Ashleigh Banfield’s podcast recently, is “the last person my mom would want speaking on her behalf”. She added that she hadn’t watched Pipia’s interview with Banfield, so “she(cara) could be correct” as “the things my mother faced during her years with WWE were real.”
• At sites such as BetOnline, Becky Lynch is a big favorite to win the women’s Elimination Chamber match this Saturday.
• Before last night’s Dynamite, Tony Khan shared that it’s been “one of the most hectic weeks for injuries + unexpected unavailability” in AEW history.
• Kyle Fletcher hasn’t appeared for AEW lately due to visa issues, per Fightful Select. Rush also posted recently that while he’s medically cleared to return, he needs to get his visa through AEW before he’ll be back.
• On the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast, Ace Steel confirmed he’s working as a producer at TNA.
• Here’s a fun/weird one: Vanilla Ice claimed on his YouTube channel that he’d bought a lowrider used by Eddie Guerrero, thinking he’d gotten a great deal on it because the previous owner didn’t know it used to belong to the WWE Hall of Famer. But Chavo Guerrero sent him a message on X to say he has that car, which was purchased by John Cena and given to him as a gift after Eddie’s death.

If you have heard of any interesting rumors that you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember they are rumors and not confirmed as fact, so please take them as such. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct.